Long Beach food workers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The city of Long Beach has expanded the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to food workers. This makes food workers the first group of essential workers in LA County outside the healthcare industry to be offered the shot.
Who is eligible? Grocery store and restaurant workers who live or work in Long Beach are eligible.
According to the Los Angeles Times report, Long Beach official did not include drivers who deliver food through apps like GrubHub, Instacart and UberEats. They instead will be included in the transportation group, which is Phase 1C, or the third round of vaccine access.
Vaccinations are administered by appointment only at the Long Beach Convention Center, a mass vaccination site opened by the city Tuesday that has the capacity to vaccinate 1,800 people a day, the report adds.
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